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The Promise of Nursing Home Medical Direction: A Work in Progress

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
“There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential.” – Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist

Visitation After Vaccination: Ethics, Risks, and Benefits Must Be Considered

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
Decisions about welcoming more visitors into post-acute and long-term care facilities will require ongoing analysis of risk versus benefit, continued vigilance and creativity, ethical considerations, and empathetic, honest communication with family...

Deprescribing 2.0: Harnessing the Power of Collaboration and Data to Achieve Goals of Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
The topics of polypharmacy and deprescribing have for years filled pages in JAMDA and Caring and rooms at the annual conferences of AMDA – The Society for Long-Term Care and Post-Acute Medicine, but a new working group of long-term care leaders...

The ABCs of mAbs: Monoclonal Antibody Therapies for COVID-19 Bring Promise, but Limitations Remain

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
“It’s a big deal. This is different than all the other drugs you’ve heard about. This drug does make a difference in survival rates,” said J. Doug Nelson, MD, a family physician and medical director in Hickory, NC, about monoclonal antibodies (mAbs...

2021 Medical Director of the Year: Leslie Eber, the Energized, Engaged, and Exemplary Leader

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
The Energizer Bunny would run down his battery trying to keep up with Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, who is AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s 2021 Medical Director of the Year. During this past year alone, she has spoken at...

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Appealing CMS Enforcement Actions

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
Many of the country’s 15,400 skilled nursing facilities live in almost mortal fear of a survey that results in enforcement actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. When surveyors determine that noncompliance exists, CMS has a...

Addressing Public Perception: My Favorite Things About Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
During the first six years of my nursing career, I worked in a busy inpatient psychiatric unit as a staff nurse in a large teaching hospital on the East Coast. Because I was the new nurse on the unit, my patient assignment was determined following...

The Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
If you or your loved ones are hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, it is important to know the facts so that you can make an informed decision. Geriatrician Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD, and Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder of the National Association...

Why Do We Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? A Plea From a Polio Survivor

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
As of March 2, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost over 500,000 Americans’ lives and approximately 2,500,000 deaths across the world. This ongoing pandemic has not spared any nation or people. It is wiping out older adults and people with complex...

AMDA Establishes Behavioral Health Council

Caring for the Ages
April 1, 2021
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services describes the mission of nursing homes, it notes that “each resident must receive and the facility must provide the necessary behavioral health care and services to attain or maintain the highest...